Like this post? Help us by sharing it! InsideJapan Co-Director, Simon King is currently travelling in Japan meeting up with colleagues, suppliers and business partners across the country. His travels included a trip to the Tohoku region which had areas very badly damaged as a result of the earthquake and tsunami on March 11th 2011. […]
Miscellaneous
Earthquake-damaged garden reopens
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Ibaraki is the ninja prefecture; it is right next to Tokyo but nobody seems to have noticed it. On the rare occasions people are familiar with Ibaraki, it`s usually because of natto, a stinky sticky soy bean concotion that drives diners wild. Loved or hated, usually the latter, eating natto is an obligation for all Ibaraki visitors; as is a visit to Kairakuen […]
More radiation in Cornwall or Tokyo?
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Japan still OK!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Although the Fukushima Plant continues make headlines, Bob Bury, the former clinical lead for the U.K.’s Royal College of Radiologists, says that a number of countries and cities around the world have naturally occurring radiation levels that exceed Tokyo’s, even during this time of crisis. Meanwhile, the […]
Earthquake Experience (Hiroshima, Kanazawa, Takayama)
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I am currently leading a Japan Unmasked tour. We are just over halfway through the trip in Takayama in the Japan Alps. We were in Hiroshima when the major quake struck. Walking around the Peace Park, none of our group noticed the slightest tremor. We did not even hear about the […]
Tsunami
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Japan Tsunami
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! InsideJapan Tours would like to extend its condolences to those that have been affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. All of us at InsideJapan maintain a deep affection for Japan and are saddened by the loss of life and destruction brought about by this […]
National Cherry Blossom Festival, in Washington DC!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! In a first for the InsideJapan Blog today we have a guest post from Erik Braunitzer from the National Museum of Crime & Punishment, located in Washington, D.C.. The museum displays excellent depictions of historically famous crime scenes along detailed information concerning past wars forensics, organized crime, […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! In a first for the InsideJapan Blog today we have a guest post from Erik Braunitzer from the National Museum of Crime & Punishment, located in Washington, D.C.. The museum displays excellent depictions of historically famous crime scenes along detailed information concerning past wars forensics, organized crime, […]